Luc Sirois

Luc Sirois

Role: Invited Speaker
Affiliation: Hacking Health co-founder
Talk Title: Hacking Health – how an international movement is breaking down the barriers in healthcare innovation

Abstract:
Collaboration, Creativity and Passion are the key elements to driving forward innovation in healthcare. With the mission to transform healthcare, Hacking Health is an international non-for-profit that connects healthcare professions with designers, developers, innovators and entrepreneurs to build realistic, human-centric solutions to front-line healthcare problems. Hacking Health catalyzes collaborative innovation that engages and inspires key stakeholders to co-create solutions to healthcare challenges and enhance the quality of life for all. We are a collective of volunteers in over 30 cities spanning 5 continents since 2012. Learn about the movement, our successes and the challenges we’ve faced along the way and how you can be part of the movement.

Bio:An engineer with an MBA from Harvard, Luc is an experienced executive and entrepreneur in health technology. After completing his MBA in 1997, he joined the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, specializing in innovation management, business growth and the launch of digital products across Canada and Europe. In 2002, he co-founded Resonant Medical, a manufacturer of radiation oncology equipment will was eventually acquired by the Swedish multinational Elekta, world leader in radiotherapy and treatment of cancer guided by medical imaging. Luc then held senior management positions in digital health at Telesystem, TELUS Health and Nightingale.

In 2012, Luc co-founded the Health Hacking movement, with the purpose of breaking down barriers to health care innovation. Working in collaboration with several local leaders, he led global initiatives, developing partnerships with key stakeholders in the digital health, and has facilitated the creation of dozens of teams and chapters in Canada and around the world. Together these leaders aim to innovate faster and revolutionize the health sector by allowing the involvement of all stakeholders: patients, clinicians, technologists, administrators, entrepreneurs, institutions and companies.

Luc is involved in many non-profit organizations focused the development of technology and health among the youth and general population and sits on the board of the YMCAs of Quebec, the Montreal Association for Scientific Hobbies (CLSM) and is a past board member for Montreal’s National Institute for Scientific Research (INRS).